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Mining & the mines, 1935

4,579 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 229

Unload Coal Help Ship Off Bank NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 3

Hundreds of tons of coal will be discharged from the steamer Coolana into lighters this afternoon in an effort to float her off the mud bank…

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Stole Gold Cup Cracksmen Singled Out £250 Trophy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Presented in 1922 by Mr. Frank Albert, prominent Sydney yachtsman, for Inter-State competition, the Albert Gold…

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Albert Gold Cup. Yacht Race Trophy Stolen. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 19

The Albert Gold Cup. valued at £250, which was won by Queensland at the centenary regatta, was stolen from a safe at the St. Kilda Yacht Club this morning. Two silver cups,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 15

The price of gold to-day was £7/2/1½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/2/1 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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ELDORADO? Another Search of Central Australia the Border Reef Gold Companies

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 13

THE airy and mysterious rumors that have been circulating in connection with the latest attempt to rediscover the renowned Lasseter's Reef in Central Australia, should be proved or disproved in the near future. Meanwhile Border Gold Reefs Ltd. is still actively selling optimism in large parcels --…

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City Miners, Beware the Yellowdine Floats Surface Has Only Been Scratched Prospects So Far Are Founded on Optimism

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 13

THE discovery of a rich surface deposit at Yellowdine, near Southern Cross, in Western Australia, has led to another rush for easy money. The discovery is somewhat of a freak, both in its location and its nature -- no one is prepared to say anything of its possible future. The most reliable judges bank on what…

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Doctors to Test Weaver's Ban at Law Medico Is Barred at Horns by New Subscription Scheme Of Miners BREAKAWAY

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

UNLESS the Minister for Health, Mr. Weaver, agrees to waive his ruling that doctors attached to the honorary medical staffs of…

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Goldfields Dispute Basis of Settlement Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

PERTH, Friday. -- The Premier (Mr. Collier), the Minister for Lands (Mr. Troy), and the Minister for Mines (Mr. Munsle) arrived at Kalgoorlie…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 21

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS—A surprise turned up here, for, after being recommended strongly at 6/6 in certain influential quarters, the…

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Settlement in Sight Westralian Mines Dispute Perth

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 1

A mass meeting of five hundred miners at Kalgoorlie decided by a two to one majority to accept the Government's proposal to resume on…

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Back to Work W.A. Miners to Start To-Morrow PERTH

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 16

FOLLOWING the visit of the Premier to the goldfields, a meeting of miners at Boulder this morning decided to return to work…

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Struck Gold at Wedderburn Prospector Finds the Silver Lining Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 7

Even the blackest clouds, it is said, have a silver lining, but Mr. M. Schniffman, of Wedderburn, thinks that some or them are lined with…

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Yellowdine Goldfield Boring Reports Not Very Reliable

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 21

MANY years ago much English money was spent and lost in Australia in developing alleged gold discoveries and, as…

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Gold Miners to Resume Kalgoorlie Decision Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 4

The mines are expected to resume operations at Kalgoorlle on Wednesday. The miners held a meeting yesterday and decided by a two to…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday a £7/2/2[?] per ounce fine, a rise of /1 on the day. (By cable.)…

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Law Case. Mortgage Payments in Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 5

There have been further developments in connection with the dispute between the Oslo shipping company A/S. Ocean…

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193 Men to Go Rationing Abolition at South Bulli Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 9

Following the company's decision to abolish the rationing system, as requested by the men, 193 miners and laborers at South Bulli mine…

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His Total Advancing Hall Mark Is Ahead of Desert Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--By his Williamstown Stakes success on Saturday Hall Mark brought his winning total to £24,159, passing Desert Gold's…

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A.W.U. and Miners Did Not Agree Dispute At Leadville Considered Balance Sheet

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

AN indication that an agreement had not reached between a depulation from the Miners' Council and a conference of the…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Staley and Staley Kuala Kampar Div. Prosperous Hosiery Co

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

Directors of Staley and Staley, Ltd., a Victorian hosiery manufacturing company, have announced that on March 12 next, if approved…

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